Hawaiian Airlines said Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with the artist Wyland to repaint and restore the massive murals that appear on the company’s Airport Center building on Ualena Street.

“We have an agreement in principle to all of the terms that were originally offered from Hawaiian,” company spokeswoman Alison Croyle said in a statement. “Wyland has provided us with the assurances we needed to proceed safely with the repainting and our repair work, and we are happy to be doing so.”

Wyland said he hopes to start painting either Sunday or Monday morning, and he’ll have to hustle to complete the restoration in less than a week’s time to accommodate his tight schedule.

“It will be a monumental task,” he said.

The marine-life muralist said Hawaiian was trying to bully him and threatening to paint over the murals before offering him a “work-for-hire” contract that essentially reduced him in status to a company employee and stripped him of his intellectual property rights.

“They were trying to say I was working for the airlines,” said Wyland, 61. “I’m a volunteer.”

A part-time North Shore resident for 33 years, Wyland said 700,000 people on his social media were livid when they found out what the airline was trying to do.

Sherwin-Williams has agreed to provide hundreds of gallons of paint for the project, he said, while developer Ed Bushor will pay for the clear coat.